State of Tennessee v. Tavares Dewayne Buchanan, AKA Tavarea Dewayne Buchanan

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The Defendant, Tavares Dewayne Buchanan, aka Tavarea Dewayne Buchanan, was convicted by a Davidson County Criminal Court jury of aggravated kidnapping, a Class B felony two counts of rape, Class B felonies aggravated assault, a Class C felony felon in possession of a firearm, a Class D felony and unlawful photography, a Class A misdemeanor, and he was sentenced to an effective term of ten years in incarceration followed by ten years on probation. On appeal, he argues that: (1) the trial court erred in allowing the State to introduce evidence of his prior felony convictions in its case-in-chief (2) the trial court erred in overruling his objection to the State's vouching for the reliability of the victim in its closing argument and (3) the evidence is insufficient to sustain his convictions. After review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.